Genesis 49:3

Rotherham Emphasized Bible 1902

Reuben, my first-born, thou, My vigour, and the first-fruit of my strength,—Pre-eminence of elevation and pre-eminence of power:

Cross References

Psalm 78:51

So he smote, Every first-born in Egypt, The beginning of their strength, in the tents of Ham;

Deuteronomy 21:17

but the true firstborn the son of her that is hated, shall he treat as firstborn by giving him double out of all that is found to be his,—for, he, is the beginning of hi strength, his, is the right of the firstborn.

Psalm 105:36

Then smote he every firstborn in their land, The beginning of all their strength;

Genesis 29:32

So Leah conceived, and hare a son, and called his name Reuben,—for she said, Because, Yahweh hath looked upon my humiliation, For, now, will my husband love me.

1 Chronicles 5:3

the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

1 Chronicles 5:1

And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, for, he, was the firstborn, but because he defiled the couch of his father, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel,—and he is not to be enrolled in the place of firstborn,

1 Chronicles 2:1

These, are the sons of Israel,—Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;

Numbers 1:20

And they were as followeth —The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, in their pedigrees—by their families, by their ancestral houses, in the counting of names, by their polls, every male, from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war;

Numbers 26:5

Reuben, the firstborn of Israel,—the sons of Reuben, To Hanoch, pertained the family of the Hanochites; To Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

Genesis 48:18

And Joseph said unto his father—Not so, my father! for, this, is the firstborn, lay thy right hand upon his head.

Genesis 46:8

Now, these, are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt—Jacob and his sons,—the firstborn of Jacob, Reuben:

Revelation 3:14

And, unto the messenger of the assembly, in Laodicea, write:—These things, saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness the beginning of the creation of God:

Deuteronomy 33:6

Let Reuben live and not die,—Nor his men he easily counted.

Genesis 35:22

And it came to pass while Israel inhabited that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard of it. And so the Sons of Israel came to be Twelve.

Genesis 35:23

The sons of Leah, the firstborn of Jacob, Reuben,—And Simeon and Levi and Judah, and Issachar and Zebulon:

Deuteronomy 27:13

and, these, shall stand by the curse in Mount Ebal,—Reuben Gad and Asher, and Zebulun Dan and Naphtali.

Ezekiel 48:6

And on the boundary of Ephraim from the east side even unto the west side, Reuben one.